Improvement in fruit-cans



S. W. MBOMBEBQ Fruit-Ban.

' Patented June 22,1875.

' VWITNESSES ATTORNEYS THE GRAPHIC C(LPHDTOrLITH-SQ 8H4 PARK PLACEJLY.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

SANFORD w. MGOMBER, OF NORTH MANCHESTER, INDIANA, AssIeEoE oE ONE-HALFHIS RIGHT T0 JOHNSON M. BURDGE, 0E SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.

164,857, dated June 1875 application filed April 17, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SANFORD W. MoOM- BER, of North Manchester, in thecounty of Wabash and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Tin Fruit-Gan and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operationof the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a partof this specification, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon. V

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of aplan view of myfruit-can; and Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to what are denominated self-sealing fruitcans, the covers of which are held down by means of crossbars forcedover the covers and the nature of my invention consists in a spring-bar,havin g grooves on one end and a shoulder on the other combined with ahook and eye on the can, and with a tubular detachable lever forapplying the bar over the cover of the can, as will behereinafterexplained.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a cylindrical can, which may bemade of metal or other suitable material, and which is constructed witha flange, a, surrounding the hole through its top. B designates thecover of the can, which cover has a convex top and a flange, b,surrounded by a flat edge, 0, for

, giving the cover a broad bearing-surface on an india-rubberpackingring, d, surrounding the flange a and lying on the top of thecan. (3 designates a loop or eye, and D a hook, which parts are securedto the can A diamettrically opposite each other, and in a plane belowthe highest part of the cover B, when this cover is in place on the can.E designates a springmetal rod of suflicient length to reach from theeye 0 to the hook, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. One end of the rod E- isgrooved, as shown at e, and is received in the eye 0, and the other endof this rod is reduced, as shown at f, and also grooved. The grooves inthe ends of rod E prevent it from casual detachment from its eye andhook, by an endwise thrust, and the reduced end f is intended to receivethe tubular end of a leverhandle, G, by means of which the rod E can beforcibly sprung over the cover B and pressed under the hook D. When therod E is forced in its hook and eye the lever G is removed. By the useof lever G, there will be no liability of burning the hands in applyingthe rod, and a purchase is obtained with a comparatively short rod,aiiording great facility in its application to the can.

I am aware that the cover of a preserve-can has heretofore been securedin place by means of a cam-shaft provided with an arm, the shaft beinginserted in eyes attached to the can, and I therefore lay no claim .tosuch invention.

I What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Ths spring-rod E, grooved at both extremities, and provided at one endwith the reduced portion f, in combination with the detachable lever orkey G, the convex cover B and can A, having the eye-and hook G D,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

' SANFORD W. MGOMBER.

WVitnesses: Y

J. M. BURDGE, VARNUM J. OARDE.

